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An artist who goes around proclaiming that the art he's making is art is probably making a serious mistake. And that's one mistake I try not to make.


Peter Beard

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MARY RITTER BEARD Hamlet's Cat's Soliloquy

"To go outside, and there perchance to stay
Or to re...
HENRY N. BEARD The noisy jay swoops by and reviles me, he complains of my meow and my malingering.

I too...
HENRY N. BEARD If you can try to nap where someone's sitting,
Although there is another empty chair,
Then...
HENRY N. BEARD The Prologue to TERRITORY LOST

"Of cats' first disobedience, and the height
O...
HENRY N. BEARD You can never know where I am or what I am,
But I am good company to you nonetheless,
And ...
HENRY N. BEARD To a Vase

"How do I break thee? Let me count the ways.
I break thee if thou a...
HENRY N. BEARD Ah, fish, there is no fare
Quite like a flounder! They surely will not miss
A piece or two...
HENRY N. BEARD Mealtime

"A mousie squealing in a trap
Woke me from my morning nap.
Wasn...
HENRY N. BEARD Behold the day-break!
I awaken you by sitting on your chest and purring in your face,
I st...
HENRY N. BEARD The End of the Raven

"On a night quite unenchanting, when the rain was downward sl...
HENRY N. BEARD From CATS ARE KIND

"I saw a dog pursuing automobiles;
On and on he sped.
HENRY N. BEARD And indeed there will be time
To wonder, 'Do I shed?' and, 'Do I shed?'
Time to turn back ...
HENRY N. BEARD I situate myself, and seat myself,
And where you recline I shall recline,
For every armcha...
HENRY N. BEARD Let us roam then, you and I,
When the evening is splayed out across the sky
[...]
Pat...
HENRY N. BEARD